Students from the University of Hawaiʻi Win NASA Challenge with Space Food Project Inspired by Hawaiian Wisdom

Students from the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo won a NASA challenge worth $50,000. Their project, ʻOhā Kanu, draws on the traditional Hawaiian land management system ahupuaʻa to develop closed-loop food production designed for space.

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• The project, called ʻOhā Kanu, adapts the Hawaiian ahupuaʻa land management system.

  «Their project, called ʻOhā Kanu, adapts the Hawaiian ahupuaʻa land management system»

  Hawaii News Now
• The project is aimed at closed-loop food production designed for use in space.

  «adapts the Hawaiian ahupuaʻa land management system into a closed-loop food production system designed for space»

  Hawaii News Now • University of Hawaii System
• The University of Hawaiʻi described the achievement as a step forward on the path to Mars in its coverage of the students.

  «Hawaiian wisdom fuels students’ Mars breakthrough for NASA»

  University of Hawaii System

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